A mere nine days after the announcement that Dan Auerbach, frontman for The Black Keys, would make his directorial debut with a documentary about Mac Rebennack, better known by his stage persona Dr.

When Dr. John, aka Mac Rebennack, mapped out his new CD "N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda," he obviously had a dream team in mind: lots of Crescent City musicians, a mix of blues, soul and country ...

The pop music world is full of survivors, and it would be fair to call Mac Rebennack Jr., aka Dr. John, one of them. But it is the rare survivor who continues to create vital music well into his 70s.